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Post by bpg on May 18, 2021 14:36:40 GMT
Continental tyres must be developed for RWD. My Volvo came on a mix of SC3 & 5s. Fronts were 5s which wore out in 8,000 miles the rears were still showing no sign of wear. I then tried Hankook Ventus something or others which, in the wet, were horrible on the smooth roads we have here. Put some Good Year winter something or others on four years ago, still got 5mm on the fronts.
Got me thinking about the C-Max my wife had and changing the brake pads at 23,000 miles. The car went back in February, still on the original Good Year Vector all season tyres with 4mm tread at the front which got me thinking how can a set of pads wear down to nothing and the tyres be only 2 or 3mm worn ? The brakes were not binding, I would expect if vector braking was being applied in corners then there would be associated tyre wear.
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Post by Humph on May 18, 2021 14:43:13 GMT
The Mercs I've had have both been very easy on tyres and brakes. (Proper cars y'see)
Tyres ( if not pothole damaged ) are lasting a short 50,000 at the front and about 40,000 at the rear. Had its first new front discs and pads at 96,000 (and are still good at 150,000) and rear pads at 127,000. Not cheap items in any instances but they last well enough.
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Post by bpg on May 18, 2021 15:06:10 GMT
Volvo is still on the original front discs at 10 years and 86,000 miles. Had a set of replacement pads at 50,000-ish. The car is setup for the rears to do more gentle braking, the fronts only being called on for the serious speed scrubbing. Pootling (or mimmsing) about at 70 I'm surprised anything wears out in the UK. You can grow a beard driving from Cheshire to Scotland at those speeds.
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Post by WDB on May 18, 2021 15:14:56 GMT
The Mercs I've had have both been very easy on tyres and brakes. Hmmm. I wish mine was. Brakes, OK, no problem there. But it does get through tyres — at £200-plus a time — by wearing out the inner edges. I’ve thrown more money at trying to find out why — tracking / alignment / balance all measure fine, and I let the dealer replace a front wheel bearing he said was tight — but its rubber craving persists. If it was going more than a furlong a fortnight, it would really bother me; as it is it’s a nuisance and a mystery, especially given how light the old E was on tyres, and that Humph’s car and mine are essentially the same underneath.
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Post by Humph on May 18, 2021 15:39:36 GMT
Not to be "that guy", well maybe it's unavoidable, but are you sure it hasn't ever had any front end damage?
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Post by Humph on May 18, 2021 15:44:10 GMT
'course it could just be that oversized old engine pushing down too hard on the tyres I suppose. 😉
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Post by WDB on May 18, 2021 16:06:25 GMT
Pretty sure it’s not hit anything. That reassurance is part of what you get with MB Approved Used and there’s nothing in its file.
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Post by Humph on May 18, 2021 16:16:40 GMT
Ok fair enough. Odd though eh? Makes me think there's something not quite right in the suspension set up. Or, do you have to navigate a lot of speed humps where you are?
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Post by WDB on May 18, 2021 17:13:59 GMT
Almost none.
Funny how that one keeps coming up in this context. The MB service manager gave me a long, pseudo-technical explanation of how straddling speed cushions stresses the bushes and leaves the wheels misaligned. It seems vastly improbable that the occasional metre of low-speed travel over the edges of a tiny hump could have such an effect — especially when no other car I’ve had, all with essentially similar wishbone set-ups, has been similarly affected.
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Post by Humph on May 18, 2021 17:34:31 GMT
Very mysterious then.
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Post by dixinormus on May 21, 2021 21:42:54 GMT
Tyres seem to be lasting a lot longer now that my mileage has more than halved...
Getting the A1 serviced next week, let’s see if they try to upsell me new disks or pads...
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Post by Humph on Jun 8, 2021 9:44:01 GMT
The Jeep will need at least two front tyres soon. Both down to 3mm. It currently has Michelins on the front and at the rear is another Michelin with 4mm and a random Firestone that is obviously fairly new. Guess the previous owner had an unrepairable puncture shortly before we bought it. No spare, just a gunk kit.
I could, buy two new Michelins for the front and stop there. I could, buy a spacesaver spare, switch the fronts and rears and eke out a bit more from all of them. I could, buy another full sized road wheel, use the Firestone as a spare, and buy four Michelins.
I could, just replace all four tyres with some all seasons ( Pirelli Scorpion Verdes ) maybe.
Hard isn't it?
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Post by Humph on Jun 8, 2021 9:52:39 GMT
...or, I could buy three Firestones I suppose.
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Post by WDB on Jun 8, 2021 10:33:34 GMT
Four all-seasons and a space saver (if anything) would get my vote. Seems like the most appropriate rubber for a general-tooling-about car with no performance pretensions.
Three of the tyres are gone or nearly gone, and the fourth is a cheapie (although not quite as cheap as the brand-new Nexen I’m planning to bin from the Aygo.)
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Post by Alanović on Jun 8, 2021 10:36:51 GMT
That's a bit soon. Should have asked the dealer to fit 4 new tyres maybe... prsesume you got a bit of money off instead?
I think next time I get tyres, it'll be all 4, and all seasons. Mid range brand. Maxxis all seasons have good ratings and good reviews - I've driven on their winters on compacted snow and ice, in a first gen Citroen C4 rental car, so nothing special, and my impression was that the tyres were brilliant.
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